Browsing Faculté des arts et des sciences – Département de sciences économiques by Subject "Labor markets"
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Spouses and entrepreneurship
(Université de Montréal. Département de sciences économiques., 2019-05)Does having a spouse influence an individual’s decision to start a firm and what firms they create? The answer to this question is crucial for our understanding of how recent changes to family composition influence firm creation. We develop a model of ... -
Spouses, children and entrepreneurship
(Université de Montréal. Département de sciences économiques., 2020-04)We develop a model of endogenous entrepreneurship and marriage. Spouses influence entrepreneurship via three channels: they reduce benefits by working less the more profitable the business is, they reduce costs by working more in case of business ... -
Unemployment, entrepreneurship and firm outcomes
(Université de Montréal. Département de sciences économiques., 2019-05)Are there differences between firms created by unemployed individuals relative to otherwise identical employed individuals? The answer is crucial for understanding the impact of policies that promote entrepreneurship among the unemployed. I develop an ...
